Bahasa Melayu

sepat

Bahasa Melayu

English

strip, peel off bark

Remove a strip or peel the bark from a tree trunk.

سڤت

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Dia menyepat kulit kayu untuk dibuat tali.

    He peeled off a strip of bark to make rope.

  2. Pekerja itu menyepat batang pokok dengan berhati-hati.

    The worker stripped the bark from the tree trunk carefully.

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What does “strip bark” mean in Malay?

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sepat

In this sense, sepat means to peel off bark from a tree trunk.

Word family

Common derived forms

pati
extract; essence; gist

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.